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Today we begin working on our picture/song piece. Here are the instructions, you have a lot of freedom!

Picture/ Song Piece

Choose either a picture (from your life, magazine, internet, artwork, etc…) or a song that is meaningful to you in some way and create a piece of writing based on that picture or song. You may choose to write in any genre, below is a list to choose from. Be sure to include any skills we have covered this year. After writing your rough draft in your notebook, a type final copy must be submitted. Include a copy of the picture/ lyrics to the song and try to be creative in your presentation.

Examples of Picture/Song Pieces

Skill: Labyrinthine Sentence

A labyrinthine is a complicated irregular network of passages or paths that is difficult to find a way out of; a dungeon maze.

A labyrinthine sentence is a long ,complicated, purposefully run on sentence. It is used to show time passing quickly or action happening rapidly. When we read, we pause at the end of a sentence. A labyrinthine sentence prevents us from pausing. It has nearly the opposite effect of a creative sentence fragment.

Since March 7th, we have spent every day in class talking about and working on our paper. We’ve been in the computer lab 8-9 of those days.

The final paper is due on Tuesday March 29th!

Make sure you have your completed paper on Tuesday in class. If you plan to use your extension, you must have your Super Pass and it must be in by Thursday. Any paper handed in late without an extension is worth 50%. No papers will be accepted after Friday April 1st.

Please remember that plagiarism is a serious offense! Any plagiarized paper will receive a zero for the final paper, as well as a zero for all components of the research paper. Remember, the research paper and all of its components amount to 40 points on your 3rd quarter average (Seniors, it is also you mid term grade).

Please see me today with any questions or issues. The rough draft is due today!

How to Create a Hanging Indent in Google Docs

Visible Ruler

Click “View” and make sure “Show Ruler” is checked. If it isn’t, click on it, and the ruler will appear beneath the menu bar.

First Line Indent & Left Indent

On the ruler, there is a light blue rectangle (▃) at the left margin, which represents the location of the First Line Indent. Beneath the light blue rectangle is a light blue inverted triangle (▼), which represents the location of the Left Indent.

On the ruler, hover the cursor over each shape, and its function will be displayed.

Create the Hanging Indent

First: Select the text you want indented. You can select a single paragraph or multiple paragraphs at a time.

Next: On the ruler, drag the ▼Left Indent (light blue inverted triangle ▼) to the right as far as you want the text to be indented. As you will notice, the ▃ First Line Indent marker (light blue rectangle ▃) will come along for the ride, and all your selected text will move to the right.

Finally: Drag the ▃ First Line Indent marker (light blue rectangle ▃) back to the left margin. It will move independently, and your hanging indent will be created.

Topic Sentences

Today we will have notes on writing topic sentences. Here are the notes: topic sentences

Skill- Topic Sentence: The first sentence in a body paragraph. It states what the paragraph will be about and is the point you will be proving in the paragraph. This sentence should be a direct reason why your thesis is true.